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J. H. MOORE, WARREN, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 63,739, dated April 9, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN GABRIAGES,

TO ALL'WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that I, J. H. MOORE, of Warren, in the county ofWor-cester, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Four-Wheel Carriages; and I do hereby declare that the following, taken in connection with the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification, is a description of my inyention sutiicient to enable those skilled in the art to practise it.

The invention relates to the method of mounting the seat and body of a four-wheel buggy carriage, and consists in combining with a carriage frame'or perch, connecting the front and bind axles of a carriage, long Wooden springs, and thorough-bracestraps for supporting the seat and body, arranged in such manner that the perch as well as the springs yield to the pressure of the weight in the carriage, the arrangement constituting what I term a hammock buggy,

The drawing represents, in plan and in side elevation, a carriage embodying my invention.

a denotes the front and b the rear axle-trees or axle-beds; c a wooden perch-bars, extending from the rear axle-tree 6 to a rocker or transom .bar, 65, resting uponand connected by a bolt, e, with the front axle-tree a, the rockerid, and the rear axle-tree making up the frame, upon which is supported the carriage bodyf and its seat g. The body rests directly on thorough-braces, h, extending from jacks on the rocker-bar 01 back to the cross-barz, of two long wooden springs, 7c, united to the perch-bars near the front ends thereof, and inclining up therefrom after the manner of chaise springs. It will be observed thatby this arrangement I obtain advantage not only of the direct yielding capabilities of the springs k, butthat by connecting them to the perches, a, as shown, I am enabled to distribute the yielding support through both the perches and the springs k, securingby their combined action an exceedingly comfortable or easy-riding sent. This arrangement of the spring supports for the seat is obviously extremely light and simple, and of greater durability than it is possible to obtain by the employment of steel springs..

In all two-wheel carriages, whether supported on wooden or steel springs, the seat is subject to sererc jolts and quick tilting movements as the vehicle passes over uneven ground and obstructions, on account of the proximity of the bearings of the springstof the axle-trees. These difiienlties I avoidin my construction or arrangement from the fact that the springs are connected to the perches at such distances from the hind axle, that their support is itself a spring frame. The seat has an exceedingly easy motion under the influence of the springs, and for comfortable riding this construction is the perfection of afour-wheel carriage. Instead of connecting the thorough-braces to the rockers by jacks as shown, they may be fastened to the opposite ends of thespring applied to the front of said rocker, and other details of construction may also be varied as circumstances or fancy may rcquire,-so long as'the general arrangement of the thorough-braces, springs, and perches is preserved. I

I claim the combination of the cnrriagebody, its seat, thorough-braces, springs, and perches, when arranged with respect to the fore and hind axles of a carriage substantially as shown and described.

J. H. MOORE.

Witnesses:

J/W. Onansnr, W. H. Brsnor; 

